The peacekeepers [videorecording] = Le prix de la paix / directed, photographed and written by Paul Cowan ; producer, Adam Symansky ; executive producer, Éric Michel ; production, National Film Board of Canada in co-production with 13 Production and Arte France.
Cowan, Paul, 1947-; Symansky, Adam.; Brendel, Christian.; Feiertag, Karen.; Michel, Eric.; Dorn, Walter.; Hanrahan, M. E.; National Film Board of Canada.; 13 Production (Firm); 13 Production (Firme); ARTE France (Firm); ARTE France (Firme); Canada. Foreign Affairs Canada.; Canada. Affaires étrangères Canada.; Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.
2006
DT658.26 .P43 2006
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Title The peacekeepers [videorecording] = Le prix de la paix / directed, photographed and written by Paul Cowan ; producer, Adam Symansky ; executive producer, Éric Michel ; production, National Film Board of Canada in co-production with 13 Production and Arte France.
Edition Special ed. DVD set = DVD éd. spéciale.
Imprint Montréal, QC : National Film Board of Canada, c2006.
Language English
Language Note In English or French with subtitles in English or French.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Description 2 videodiscs (ca. 155 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 study guide.
Call Number DT658.26 .P43 2006
Distributor No. 183E 9906 141 NFB
Summary Documents the United Nations peacekeeping efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contains footage from meetings at UN headquarters, as well as footage gathered while with UN troops in northeast Congo.
"Début 2003. En République démocratique du Congo, la guerre civile dure depuis cinq ans et a déjà fait trois millions de victimes. Le contrôle de l'est du pays, riche en or et en diamants, est convoité par des groupes rebelles, et d'importants massacres de civils sont perpétrés. À l'ONU, on redoute le scénario catastrophe: une interminable escalade de la violence qui s'étendrait à toute l'Afrique centrale, et pire encore, un génocide. Profitant d'un accès privilégié et sans précédent aux coulisses de l'ONU, le cinéaste Paul Cowan raconte, de façon intimiste et dramatique, les intenses tractations visant à sauver un État complètement ravagé ..."--Conteneur.
Note "This special edition DVD was produced in collaboration with the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre with the support of Foreign Affairs Canada"--Container.
Date on first DVD (Peacekeepers) is c2005, date on second disc (Key issues) is c2006.
The first DVD is the movie previously released in 2004, the second DVD is a 72-min. documentary entitled "Key issues = Enjeux clés."
Authors of the accompanying study guide: Walter Dorn, M.E. Hanrahan.
English narrator, Karen Feiertag ; French narrator, Christian Brendel.
Credits Editor, Hannele Halm ; sound, Craig Lapp ; original music, Jean Mallet.
System Details Note DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital surround.
Added Author Cowan, Paul, 1947-
Symansky, Adam.
Brendel, Christian.
Feiertag, Karen.
Michel, Eric.
Dorn, Walter.
Hanrahan, M. E.
Added Corporate Author National Film Board of Canada.
13 Production (Firm)
13 Production (Firme)
ARTE France (Firm)
ARTE France (Firme)
Canada. Foreign Affairs Canada.
Canada. Affaires étrangères Canada.
Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.
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Content of second DVD : Key issues: Heads of mission on peacekeeping (15:14)
Conduct of peacekeepers (12:55)
Repatriating Rwandan rebels (9:30)
Protection of civilians (9:18)
Food for guns (11:39)
Appropriate use of force (13:47).

Contenu du deuxième DVD : Enjeux clés: Bilan des opérations de maintien de la paix
Conduite des Casques bleux
Rapatriement des rebelles rwandais
De la nourriture contre des fusils
Usage approprié de la force.

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